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http://musicteaching.guru/music-education-research/entry/connecting-piaget-to-music-educationRenowned developmental psychologist, Jean Piaget, identified high school years of development as the formal operations stage. Through his work which he called Epistemology (a branch of philosophy concerned with human knowledge, its origins in each of us and how that knowledge is developed) he proved that each of the formative years of child’s development plays a unique and crucial part in the way they experience, see and interact with the world around them.

The 9th through 12th grades are a difficult time for students which requires of them masterful social skills along with intensive study habits and important life decisions to be made. In addition, all of these decisions and experiences shape them for the rest of their lives. Athletes are given the athlete label, artists are given the artist label and those good at mathematics and science are urged to follow those talents. And while the handful of accomplished “musicians” in each school are labeled “musicians”, the studying of music professionally is almost never promoted as an option. Music is treated as a fun pastime rather than as a beneficial skill.

When a student is introduced to music or continues their music education path in choral, instrumental or general music classes at this level, they are integrating what is learned into their personality. A student in music class will be empowered to explore and learn their instrument, no matter what their initial level is, driving them forward. For some it becomes a passion, for most it remains a hobby. Keep in mind, 85% of people who go on to achieve post graduate degrees have studied music while in high school. There is merit in the system!

So how can anyone say that music is unimportant? Even if we all believe that it is, our collective actions speak louder than our beliefs.